The Runaway Quilt

I listened to this book on CD. I've become hooked on the Elm Creek Quilts series (and apparently there are a LOT of them!), but I think they just keep getting better. There are the original "Elm Creek quilters" characters from the first book, in which Sarah meets Sylvia Compson and they end up starti......more

Sylvia is shown a quilt and it makes her curious so she finally goes up into the attic and tries to find her great-grandmother’s chest with another quilt of the same pattern. She also finds a journal that was kept before the civil war. This leads to new discoveries about her family. The journal was......more

4.5 ⭐️ “You are not just your parents, you know. You’re the sum of everything you’ve ever done, every wish you’ve ever made, every person you’ve ever loved, and everyone who has loved you. No one can take that from you.”......more

The 4th book in this wonderful series, the Runaway Quilt could be read as a stand-alone or as part of the series. Due to this fact, I am not going to summarize the first three books as I don't think it would help any. Sylvia is the owner of Elm Creek Manor, a large place with grounds that plays host......more

I particularly like historical fiction, and I really enjoyed this. It features very strong but still vulnerable enough to be relateable female characters, which is a major draw for me. The main character, Sylvia Bergstrom, finds the journal of one of her civil war ancestors, Gerda Bergstrom, and wha......more